WATER FLEAS POSE THREAT TO STATE'S NORTHERN LAKES.(FRONT)

From: The Capital Times | Date: October 7, 2003 | Copyright information

Byline: Associated Press

Spiny water fleas discovered in a northern Wisconsin lake could spread to other lakes, where the European crustacean could endanger native organisms, experts say.

Pieter Johnson, a University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate student in limnology, the study of freshwater lakes, discovered the fleas in Gile Flowage, a large lake in Iron County near Lake Superior.

"We had a hunch they'd be there," Johnson said.

The fleas have been living in the Great Lakes for more than 15 years, but had not been found before in the state's inland waters.

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